Hoi,
Jan Bart, I am grateful for our trip to Brussels. You have done good.
Stu you have done your thing and it is not mine. Thank you that I have
never taken an interest.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 6 January 2016 at 10:44, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanweer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The contribution of Jan-Bart and Stu cannot be
ignored.They have immensely
put effort for the movement, and were involved for a long time. Thank you
Jan-Bart and Stu for your commitment and contribution.
Regards,
Tanweer
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I just wanted to add my thanks as well as both
Jan-Bart and Stu have
served
the movement with a huge amount of dedication and
commitment for many
years
and helped steer the WMF through many challenges.
It has been a real
pleasure to work with both of you.
Thank you both for everything you have done and best wishes for the
future!
On a more practical note as there is now no Dutch person on the WMF
board I
am concerned that there is now no obvious
supplier of stroopwafel at
board
meetings - has a proper impact assessment been
conducted?
Chris
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Thanks for starting this thread Lodewijk.
Jan-Bart and Stu: Wikimedia has been lucky to have your participation
over
these years.
Stu, thank you in particular for helping steer the financial governance
of
the Wikimedia movement. Your expertise and
professionalism have been
deeply
important to making sure Wikimedia is a good
steward of the money
entrusted
> to us by donors.
>
> Jan-Bart, my friend, you are a force to be reckoned with. It is
difficult
to sum up
the total impact of your leadership in the movement. I find
myself falling back on memories not just of your formal role on the
board,
but of your warmth and generosity of spirit. I
hope leaving the board
(this
> time) doesn't mean your Wikimania streak will be broken. ;-)
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:11 PM Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
> wrote:
>
> > While we have long discussions on this list about board composition,
we
> > seem to almost ignore the fact that two
long time veterans are
leaving
the
> Wikimedia Foundation board, as scheduled. Jan-Bart de Vreede and Stu
West
> > have been around longer than many regular editors nowadays, and I
think
> > there are not many people who can
recall the days that the board
didn't
> have
them on it. I have never had the pleasure to serve on the board
with
> > them, but a little thank-you from our community side, would seem in
> place.
> >
> > Stu joined the board already in 2008 (filling Michael Davis' seat),
and
> has
> > been a solid power on the board's audit responsibilities (I believe
he
>
chaired the audit committee for quite a while) and was a force behind
the
> accountability of movement affiliates. While
we often strongly
disagreed
> on
> > affiliate issues, I appreciate the fact that he always remained
> > constructive and wanted to think about solutions rather than
problems.
He
> > served both as treasurer and vice chair.
> >
> > Jan-Bart was on the board even longer, since early 2007, and I recall
> > already working with him through Kennisnet (a Dutch foundation for
> > education and IT) before that. Jan-Bart is one of those rare people
who
> > went to ALL wikimania conferences, and
can be easily recognised there
> with
> > his big smile. I can't remember a theme Jan-Bart didn't work on in
the
past
> years (Affiliates, HR, searching a new Executive Director) and he
served
the board
in many positions, including as chair.
I'm sure that the WMF communications staff and/or board has a nice
thankyou
coming up - with a more accurate description of
the awesome work they
did,
that I now made up from the top of my head. But
in the mean time, I'd
like
> to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, energy
and
> effort that you poured into our movement. I
know that not all of us
> appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may
even
> > have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun
with
us
> though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our impossible
> mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone.
>
> I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and I
hope
> > to see you around in our movement in many different ways.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Lodewijk
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